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5/10/04

SLU TO DEDICATE WACHTMEISTER FIELD STATION

CANTON – A ceremony to dedicate the Wachtmeister Field Station at St. Lawrence 
University will be held on Friday, May 14, at 2:15 p.m. at the facility. 
	In 2001, members of the Wachtmeister family, of Warrenton, Virginia, 
gave $1 million to construct and equip the Wachtmeister Field Station, a 
component of the University's Integrated Science Education Initiative 
(ISEI). The gift came from Edward and Karen Wachtmeister; their son Erik 
Wachtmeister '99, Aspen, Colorado; and his brother, Carl Wachtmeister '05. 
Karen Wachtmeister is a University trustee.
      The gift funded the purchase and installation of permanent monitoring 
equipment; construction of a field study laboratory facility, where 
samples can be examined and instruction can take place; and the purchase 
and installation of supporting equipment in campus laboratories. 
	Faculty in biology, chemistry, geology, environmental studies, 
mathematics, psychology and education have launched the ISEI, a comprehensive 
project aimed at providing increased opportunities for field-based science 
education. Located on a 76-acre nature preserve on the edge of campus, the 
program allows faculty and students to develop a series of geographically 
referenced field science sites for ongoing study and data collection, and 
install permanent monitoring equipment at selected points. Data collected 
will form a long-term, multidisciplinary Geographic Information Systems 
(GIS) database that will represent the collection and study of a wide 
variety of conditions, ecosystems and habitats over time.  
	"We are delighted to have been able to make this gift to 
St. Lawrence University," Karen Wachtmeister commented, noting that Erik 
had benefited from "hands-on fieldwork," particularly in geology, his 
major. "We desire that this program help make St. Lawrence a leader among 
universities in innovative approaches to teaching and discovering science."

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